The Sound of Music

The Sound of Music
1965

I am going to become a nun.

Why you may ask? Well, I am pretty sure it has something to do with the fact I have been watching way too much of The Sound of Music lately. It recently became my two year old sister’s favorite movie, and when given to choice to do school, or watch this, I think it is obvious what one should do.

As I have been watching this movie three times daily, I have realized what fun it would be to become a nun! I mean, they seem rather happy, and they are always singing! I have been told this is only the case in movies, and in real life nuns are not like this, but I think the people who say this are only out to crush my dreams and aspirations for the future. Silly people.

Maria is a nun. But she’s a pretty crappy one it turns out. She’s always late for everything, except for every meal. That’s part of one of the many songs that are just destined to be stuck in your head for days at a time.

So, she’s always late, she blurts out things without thinking, and sings without permission. So what else is there to do but ship her off to become a governess for a family with seven children and no mother?

As she arrives at the house with the insane amount of children, Maria is taught by Captain Von Trapp the father, how to run the strict house. It involves whistles, and is odd. As soon as the Captain leaves, Maria ditches all the strict rules and teaches the children how to have fun, winning them over. She also makes them all matching clothes, which is oh so cute.

Of course, the Captain comes back, and is very unhappy with them singing and being happy. But after they serenade him with a lovely song, he becomes completely fine with it.

Oh. He brought back a girl with him on his trip and this girl is jealous of Maria, who likes the Captain. Mean girl eventually convinces Maria to go back to the convent and everyone is sad.

At the nun place, the head nun tells Maria to stop being a nun and return to the Von Trapps because she is in love with the Captain and that is not something nuns really should be apparently. Plus it will make her happy. So off Maria goes! Yay!

But, of course, the Captain is now engaged to the mean girl. But he soon wisens (this is a word I just made up) up and realizes he loves Maria and marries her instead. Yay!

Again things can’t be happy for too long in this movie it seems. The Captian is being forced into the navy again, but with the Nazis since they all live in Austria. He really does not agree with the Nazis so they run away and treck across the mountains singing. The end.

I absolutely love this movie, for pretty much one reason. It’s a musical, and a fabulous one at that. The songs are just perfect. After watching this movie I always go around singing what my favorite things are, raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens in case you have not seen this movie. Julie Andrews does a superb job as the odd Maria, and you cannot help but love her in this movie. The only problem I really have with this movie is that it is three hours long and after awhile it is extremely hard to pay attention. That may just be me though, as I have the attention span of a goldfish.

And I am so dead serious about becoming a nun.